Movies
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‘Sorry/Not Sorry’ takes on Louis C.K. but not the toughest questions
Jul 11, 2024 2:47 pm - “Sorry/Not Sorry” opens with a voice: “I love you, be a good dog, please.” We will later learn the voice belong to artist and comedian Abby Schachner, one of five women who, in 2017, publicly accused comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
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Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75
Jul 11, 2024 11:24 am - Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining,” has died. She was 75.
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Scarlett Johansson lends star power to earthbound ‘Fly Me to the Moon’
Jul 11, 2024 5:30 am - “Fly Me to the Moon” is better than it looks. This is not a slam against the marketing campaign for the space race rom-com about a straight-laced NASA man (Channing Tatum) and the Madison Avenue marketing savant (Scarlett Johansson) brought in to sell the mission to the moon. It’s more about the state of theatrical moviegoing.
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The scariest movie of the year (so far) is ‘Longlegs,’ by a mile
Jul 11, 2024 5:30 am - Nerve-jangling and devilishly bleak, “Longlegs” is easily the front-runner for scariest movie of 2024. Set during the drab 1990s of Clinton-era America, it throbs with a bone-chilling sense of dread, a marvelous piece of supernatural horror wearing the skin of a serial killer thriller that weaves a lasting, sinister spell.
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Kevin Costner’s second ‘Horizon’ film pulled from theatrical releaseJul 10, 2024 2:36 pm - The August theatrical release for the second chapter of Kevin Costner’s ambitious Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga” has been canceled after the first film fizzled in theaters.
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Outdoor family movie night series continues with ‘Migration’Jul 10, 2024 12:30 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will continue its summer family movie night series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. "Migration," the 2023 anim...
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Our Saviour’s Church to host ‘Hidden Figures’ screening July 17Jul 10, 2024 12:12 am - Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, with two campuses in central Naperville, will host a free viewing and discussion of "Hidden Figures" on Wednesday, July 17.
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Melissa Etheridge connects with incarcerated women in new docuseries ‘I’m Not Broken’
Jul 09, 2024 3:11 pm - Melissa Etheridge realized two career dreams with her new docuseries “Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken”: performing for incarcerated women and recording the concert for a live album.
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What to stream this week: ‘Descendants,’ Megan Moroney, and new HARDY album
Jul 08, 2024 5:30 am - Country sensation HARDY’s new album and a new “Descendants” movie are some of the television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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‘Despicable Me 4’ debuts with $122.6M as boom times return to the box office
Jul 07, 2024 2:02 pm - After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. "Despicable Me 4" led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening on Wednesday, according to studio estimates Sunday.